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John Morris
Morris in 2005
Personal information
Full nameJohn Andrew Morris
Born (1980-07-29) 29 July 1980 (age 44)
Scone, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
PositionHooker, Five-eighth, Halfback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2001–02 Newcastle Knights 31 11 0 0 44
2003–06 Parramatta Eels 92 18 10 3 95
2007–09 Wests Tigers 72 11 0 1 45
2010–14 Cronulla Sharks 105 9 0 1 37
Total 300 49 10 5 221
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 NSW Country 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

John Morris (born 29 July 1980) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and is currently an assistant coach of the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks' team. He previously played in the NRL for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels, and Wests Tigers, primarily at hooker or five-eighth, and was selected on the bench for Country Origin to play City Origin in 2002 and 2003.

Playing career

Morris playing for Wests in 2008.

Morris played for the Scone Thoroughbreds in his junior years. He made his NRL debut in Round 17 of the 2001 NRL season for the Newcastle Knights against the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium on 22 June 2001. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Knights traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Morris was selected to play from the interchange bench in Newcastle's loss. Morris played for Country Origin in 2002 and in 2003.Between 2003 and 2006, Morris played for Parramatta primarily at five-eighth and won the minor premiership with the club in 2005[3].

In 2007 Morris switched from Parramatta to the Wests Tigers on a three-year contract. He was bought as a replacement for the recently departed Scott Prince.[4] He played 72 games for the Tigers during this period, never missing a game.

In 2009 he signed a two-year deal with the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks commencing in 2010.

On 26 May 2014, Morris played his 300th NRL career game against the South Sydney Rabbitohs.[5]

References

  1. ^ League Central
  2. ^ RLP
  3. ^ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/Ny0xMS00LS0tLS0tNzYyLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLQ==
  4. ^ Craig Hill. "NRL News". www.league.net.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Wests Tigers utility John Morris signs with Cronulla for two years". Fox Sports News (Australia). 27 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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